Genesis 25:22

American Standard Version (1901)

And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, wherefore do I live? And she went to inquire of Jehovah.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 9:9 : 9 (Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, thus he said, Come, and let us go to the seer; for he that is now called a Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.)
  • 1 Sam 10:22 : 22 Therefore they asked of Jehovah further, Is there yet a man to come hither? And Jehovah answered, Behold, he hath hid himself among the baggage.
  • 1 Sam 22:15 : 15 Have I to-day begun to inquire of God for him? be it far from me: let not the king impute anything unto his servant, nor to all the house of my father; for thy servant knoweth nothing of all this, less or more.
  • 1 Sam 28:6 : 6 And when Saul inquired of Jehovah, Jehovah answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.
  • 1 Sam 30:8 : 8 And David inquired of Jehovah, saying, If I pursue after this troop, shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue; for thou shalt surely overtake [them], and shalt without fail recover [all] .
  • Ezek 20:31 : 31 and when ye offer your gifts, when ye make your sons to pass through the fire, do ye pollute yourselves with all your idols unto this day? and shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, I will not be inquired of by you;
  • Ezek 36:37 : 37 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: For this, moreover, will I be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them: I will increase them with men like a flock.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    21And Isaac entreated Jehovah for his wife, because she was barren: and Jehovah was entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived.

  • Gen 38:27
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    27And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins were in her womb.

  • Gen 30:1-3
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    1And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and she said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.

    2And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?

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    10And not only so; but Rebecca also having conceived by one, [even] by our father Isaac--

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    35and they were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah.

  • Gen 16:2
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  • 1 Sam 1:27
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    27For this child I prayed; and Jehovah hath given me my petition which I asked of him:

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    22And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb.

    23And she conceived, and bare a son: and said, God hath taken away my reproach:

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    26And after that came forth his brother, and his hand had hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them.

  • Gen 25:19
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    19And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham begat Isaac:

  • Gen 29:34
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    57And they said, We will call the damsel, and inquire at her mouth.

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    17And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob a fifth son.

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    14And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house?

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